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2007-04-21 Home Front: WoT

Palo Verde Nuclear Power Station software is breached

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Posted by mrp 2007-04-21 08:06|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Officers arrested Mohammad "Mo" Alavi, 49, in Los Angeles this month and charged him with one count of violating a trade embargo..."

Good grief... in a sane society, he'd be charged with a helluva lot more than that; a people whose common sense had not been rotted out by liberal bullshit would have shoved this bastard in front of a firing squad by now.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2007-04-21 11:54|| 2007-04-21 11:54|| Front Page Top

#2 No, hold the firing squad until you've milked him dry, then assemble the squad.

Preferably at GITMO to provide an "Object lesson" for the future wannabe bullet catchers.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-04-21 12:03|| 2007-04-21 12:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Nice picture, though the swastika should be replaced by a quarter moon and Venus.

Posted by Swiss Tex 2007-04-21 12:39|| 2007-04-21 12:39|| Front Page Top

#4 The software stolen was simulation software. Chances are the guy gave the Iranians the executables plus the files for the layout of the plant. In this regard it doesn't appear likely the purpose for the theft was to advance Iran's nuclear program but to provide a means of showing how a nuclear plant would work, possibly in times of emergency.

The code could be used by terrorists.

That's my generally uninformed take on the arrest.

Your milage may vary.

Posted by badanov 2007-04-21 13:03|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2007-04-21 13:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Doesn't compute. Palo Verde are CE PWR's where as Bushehr are now VVER-1000 Light Water PWR's from Mother Russia. Not even close to the same safety and security systems. Bushehr used to be a KWU PWR but Iraq bombed the hell out of it during the Iraq-Iran war. If anything, he was trying to show them the differences and where they could improve on the Russian design for safety reasons and how to handle the spent fuel which they would want to enrich and make a booom! Neat thing about PVNPP is that each of the 3 units basically stands alone without sharing common systems and facilities.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-04-21 13:38|| 2007-04-21 13:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Jack, could you explain the initials. I don't know what you're talking about, but sure would like to.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-04-21 13:56|| 2007-04-21 13:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Mohammad "Mo" Alavi

Muslim? What a fricking surprise.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-04-21 14:21|| 2007-04-21 14:21|| Front Page Top

#8 PWR = Pressurized Water Reactor

KWU = Kraftwerk Union (Seiemens and AEG joint venture).

CE = Combustion Engineering (now part of Westinghouse)

VVER = Vodno Vodyanoi Energetichesky Reactor (water-cooled, water-moderated energy reactor)

Posted by John Frum 2007-04-21 17:02|| 2007-04-21 17:02|| Front Page Top

#9 This is another possible take on why iran might want this..

Suppose you can mange to get an attack team into the generating facility. With foreknowledge of the saftey procedures and detailed information of the systems, you can quickly and efficiently cause a malfunction (or series of them) that will lead to a meltdown or similar.

just a thought

Posted by Abu do you love 2007-04-21 17:24|| 2007-04-21 17:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Makes sense.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-04-21 18:49|| 2007-04-21 18:49|| Front Page Top

#11 Thats power. correct. But your weapons program is going to be a disaster Iran.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-04-21 20:11|| 2007-04-21 20:11|| Front Page Top

#12 The investigation has not led us to believe this information was taken for the purpose of being used by a foreign government or terrorists to attack us," FBI spokeswoman

And there's no such thing as Sudden Jihad Syndrome.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-04-21 20:30|| 2007-04-21 20:30|| Front Page Top

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